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MAILS. Du g--71 Gottenburgh, t Dublin, z Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS Ti4lS DA Y q r TWELVE O'CLOCK. - 66* Omnium - Consols - - TILE SUN. i i dis. &OLEN QUIS DICERS TALSUM.AUDLAT? L 0 ND 0 N, SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1808. Dispatches were last night received at the Admi ralty from Admiral COCHRANE. The substance of these Dispatches we understand is, that the gallant Admiral had received the information, transmitted to him some time ago by Government, of the im portant events which had occurred in Spain, and of the determination of the People ,of that Country to maintain their Independence, and to resist the unprincipled aggressions of BIJONAPARTE.---.. This information Admiral COCHRANE immediately proceeded to circulate, properly authenticated, among tae Spanish Colonies in the West Indies, and there does not appear the least reason to doubt that the inhabitants of the Spanish Colonies will follow the glorious example which has been set them by their brethren in Europe. The'Adtniral had given orders •If - for the cessation of hostilities against the Spaniards, and there is every reason to believe that all the Spa nisn Ports in the West Indies have -long since been opened to us. We are happy to add that one of Admiral COCHRANE'S Cruizers had captured a French Schooner, which had on board Dispatches from MoRAT to the difirent Governors'of the Spa nisti Colonies. This is the third set of Dispatches f;orn MuktAT which have been intercepted. It was confidently reported this morning, that in telligence had been received of the capture of the Island of Martinico, but the report was wholly Nvithout foundation. Tut intelligence from America, by the Hope, is not of very great importance. Mr: JEFFERSON still persists in continuing the Embargo,. notwithstand log the discontent which it excites, and the dis tress which it occasions to all descriptions of people in America. The disWptChes which he received by the Osage from Gieat Britain and proluce4 no effe..i upon his determina tion, and he appears resolved to submit, with philo sophical calmness, to all the insults and injuries which BUONAPARTE may think .proper Ito heap upon the Americans. THE latest accounts from Spain came by the Hope- 1 . 1 well, Capt. SLIEPPARD, from Cadiz. An Officer , , named FARRIER came in this Vessel : he is described as a G..ntleman whose good sense and knowledge etraYed him to form a proper estimate of the state of atY,,irs in that, Country, and he•had full opportu nity of receiving, information. The most material part of tire intellig.;nee brought by this Gentleman is, that which relates to the Authorities which at present govern the several parts of Spain. It was apprehended that a jealousy of each other might Lave tended to weaken the common cause; but it appears that the Spaniards have wisdom as well as alour, and are convinced that nothing but a cordial unanimity can give efficacy and final success to their resistance of the French Tyrant. The Junta of Se viile, not at all disturbed by warlike operations, have directed their at tension to the iuternil concerns of , the Kingdom, in order to obviate all partial views, and to procure a unity of aaion among the several provincial jorisdielions. These liberal , and enlighten ed views have been seconded by the Junta of Gali cia, and measures have been adopted in order to a;einble a Grand National Council; The Duke DE MoNToo, a Nobleman of great weight and conse q..eilce, not only on 3CCOLIi of his rank and pro perty, which is considerable, but because he is ±,ign in esteem for loyalty, and an ardent at molonent to his Country, has himself visited the several Provincial Authorities, and his anxious la bours have been fully rewarded, in having excited a disposition on the part of the whole to concen trate their powers in a Chief Council, or Coitez, or which it is expe6ted that the Duke will be ap pointed the Pre,,ident. Such an arrangement will' give validity to all the heroic efforts of the people, end tend to s.cure their independenee r and tix the happiness of the Kingdom upon a tirin basis. Thus the apprehensions of the friends to Spain there and in this Country, lest partial interests of pride and rival ry should inter:ere and frustrate the noble zeal of the people to mai rain the liberties of the Country against the craft as well as the force of a wily and powerful Enemy, whose obje& was, by any means, to reduce then) to bondage, are happily unfounded. The,rest of the in;elligence from Spain, excw that which relates to the persevering spirit of the people of all ranks and degrees to support the ho nour of the Country, is of a subordinate kind, com pared with the prospca of an entire unanitnity among the Authorities to whom-the government, in the present posture ut affairs, is 'necessarily Om- His Royal Highness the Duke of Cv.tanlDGß, at tended by Col. ROBIN4ON, and two Aids-de-Camp, set oil for Roinford, yesterday morning, at half past nine o'clock. Yesterday morning their Royal Highnesses the Prince of WALES, Dukes of YORK, CUMBERLAND, and CAMBRIDGE, accompanied by a number of mi litary Officers, arrived at Wanstead Flat, where the 15th Light Dragoons, now the King's own Hussars, were reviewed by his Royal Highness the Command er in Chief. The troops went through their eV lutions with the utmost correctness, and received the highest approbation of the British Military Officers, as well as of other illustrious Persona who were present on the occasion ; among whom we observed Louts the XVIIIth, the Count D'ARToIs, the Prince DR CONDE, * and a numerous train of the French No bility. After the Review, the Prince DE Corms entertained the Prince of WALES,the ROYAL DUKES, and a number of General Officers, with an elegant breakfast at Wanstead House; and the same patty were entertained with a sumptuous dinner in "the evening, by his Royal Highness the Duke of CUM BERLAND, Colonel of the Regiment. The Regi mental band played a number of choice tunes during the evening. The name of the American Messenger, who is the bearer of Dispatches to Mr. PINCKNEY, is AT WATER. Private letters inform us, that the Osage, with the Dispatches from England and France, ar rived at Norfolk on the 10th of July, at which time the Heads of the Departments had assembled, and were in waiting. These Gentlemen were 11 days engaged in considering the nature of the Dispatches, before those which are n9w arrived were prepared. It is said that things look better; but the Embargo is to continue until an answer shall arrive to the Dis patches now received. There was a report on 'Change yesterday, that BUONAPARTE has been assassinated in the vicinity of Bourdeaux. This report was. echoed from a Letter dated Rotterdam, on the t oth inst. where it is stated to have been very current. The assassination is said to have been effected by a band of about 190 young men, who had previously concerted their plan of attack, and effected it with great resolution and ad dress. The rime - lice of .the Royal Artillery, encamped at Hearn Bay, is not solely confined to that of howit 7 zers and guns—an /3-inch moriar has been placed in the lower Battery on the Cliff, from whence shells are thrown to the distance of sqo yards, at a flag staff placed on the beach, with a precisiop win; marks , the perfedion which this branch of the ser vice has acquired. Tire Iron Chest was represented last night at the 1-4aymarke.t Theatre, in consequence of the indispd 7 sftion of Mr. F`t i wOrr. 'The Earl of COVENTRY i much indisposed.— He has reached his 87th year, and has been in a . . very indifferent State fez Sortie time. mitted. Ships, it appears, were preparing, in order NAVAL NEWS. to convoy to France that part of DUPONT'S army which were to be sent home acco rdin g to the P LYM OUTH, AUG. 18.--Arrived the Etizateth, terms of the surrender to CASTAN OS . This part of Bristol, Capt. A. CHAPMAN, with rum and sugar our Readers will recollea was WaDaL i s division from Jamaica, bound to Loedon, put in by contrary which so treacherously attacked Gen. REDING dur- winds. She came under convoy of the Veteran, of ing the truce. Thus Spanish hono ur is e q ual to 64 guns, and, on her passage, a mutiny took place among her crew, owing to which four of her crew Spanish valour, and it is nut the bad example of their enemy which can provoke them into an y vio- were taken on board the Veteran, and four of the l crew of the latter. were put on board the Elizabeth otion of their engagements. DUPONT and his troo p s are to be considered as Prisoners of War, and were to navigate her to England. Since the arrival of the to be kept on board ships in the harbour of Cadiz latter the remaining part of her crew have deserted. till some arrangement can be formed f o r removin g Arrived the Subtle Schooner, of six guns , Lieut. them altogether. SPEARING, in four weeks from Jamaica , with dis atches for Government, which were taken off for It is said, but we are not inclined to give credit to P the report, that the intrepid and noble-minded London by the Commanding Officer; report states . that they contain intelligence of the surrender of CASTANOS, after his viaory . over DuPONT, sent ten thousand men to Portugal to co = op erate with Martinique to the English. the British and native forces of that country in ef feaing the reduaion of Gen. JuNOT.—Such condo& might doubtless be expelled from the Spanish Com mander, if his own country were wholly out of the reach of danger ; but however he might feel for a people engaged with Spain in the common. cause of resisting oppression, it would have been imprudent in him at that moment. What confirros our doubts as to this fat is, that after the triumph over DUPONT, the gallant CASTANOS marched to. wards Madrid, to which place BLAKE and CUESTA Were hastening with the force of Galicia, and the Spaniards no doubt were determined at once to clear their capital of the vile invaders, and, If pos, sible, to secure the upstart who had the imptl - and folly to suppose that he would be per mitted to reign over them. Jostpit was fully aware of his danger, and had escaped. It is even said that such was his apprehension, that he had thought proper, in order to avoid the chance of prevention, to‘ escape through a 'subterraneous pas sage, with O'FARRIL and others, who, if not at tached to his cause, knew there was no safety for them in Spain. It is even said that JOSEPH had thought proper to disguise himself, and had adopted the patriotic Cockade as a measure of precaution. But as he had troops with him sufficient to awe the populace, he could have no occasion for such expedients. It was thought that be intended to fortify himself at Segovia ; but the probability is, that he will endeavour to get out of Spain as fast as he can with.the property of which he so infamously robbed the Country. The next accounts, which our Readers will be sure of receiving as soon . as tbcy ar rive, will most probably inform us that not one hostile Frenchman was left in that Country, over which the Corsitau Tyrant thought he should throw his chains with as much ease as he has upon so many Continental - States. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 19. 7 —Arrived this day a con•- voy from the Downs, among which are the Asia, Walthanistour, and Fort William, for India. Sailed the Ant Schooner with a convoy for the INwns. SHEERNESS, AUG. 1 B.—The Cherokee Sloop of War, Capt. ARTHUR, sailed with Convoy for Heli goland. Atm. t g.—Arrived the - Rosario Sloop of War, Capt. MOUNCEY, from the Downs. HALF PAST FlVE.—Sailed this day his Majesty's Ship Bravedogren, Lieut. DsNsts, with Convoy for Gottenburgh. Arrived and sailed for the River two East Indiarnen. DEAL, AUG. tg.—Sailed this morning his Ma jesty's Ships Bellerophon, Illustrious, L'lnvincible, Minotaur, Warspite, and Hero, to the Northward. Arritred his. Majesty's F %ip Leviathan, from the Westward, and remains in Downs with the rest of the Ships as per last. The Fleet from Jamaica were in sight of Dover yesterday. CALCUTTA INTELLIGENCE,IAN. 23. Yesterday arrived at CalCutta the Venus, Captain ARNOTT, from Sumatra, whence she sailed on the Ist inst:—By the-Venus we learn, that Capt. THOMP SON, off Penang, in a small vessel lying at Mangein, on the 25th of November last, was cut off by the Malays at that place, and the whole of his property plundered. The Malays had hauled the vessel into Mangein The Venus remained at Padang from the 21St to the : 24th November, during which time an inunda tion -took place, more alarming and destructive than any remembered by the oldest inhabitants to have happened there before. The water swept away a great number of houses and cattle, and at ;he period of the departure of the Venus, it _was estimated that about 400 inhabitants ha l perished. The Europe ans resident at Padang had suffered very severely by the calamity. - The Wexford and Warley, under cenroy of his Majesty's ship Greyhound, arrived at. Madras on the 3 Ist of Dectalber last. Ir"exJbr s,tiiled from Madras nwith 12thitlhiseMajesty's of January, for Buintny, 4. ship Belligueux, and ar; < - 1 at Colombo the 22d, from whence she sailed the Ist of February, under convoy of his Majesty's ship IFilhelminu, and on the 26th was 80 miles North of Goa. The Pickle Schooner, with Dispatches from this Country to the Mediterranean, reported to have foundered at sea, is contradicted by advic‘:s received at the Admiralty. That Vessel, on the 26th ult. on entering Cadiz harbour, drifted froth off the eastern point, grounded oh the opposite shore, and became so stationary as to remain a perfeet wreck. The Dispatches were saved, and sent oft by the Sub- Lieutenant of the Pickle to Lord C O LLINGISOOD.— No lives nor property has been lost. The following Article is extra led from .a most respeetable periodical Work, " The Calcutta MonM .l,urnal," bearing date January 6, 1808, with little hope, we confess, of its proving correct in its fads, but which is of tot, curious and interesting a nature to suppress : " We are informed that the Greyhound, during her late cruize, touched at the Island of St. Mary's, near the coast of Madagascar. The King of that place, who speaks French, gave a very clear account of a line-of-battle Ship and a Frigate having arriv ed there in distress in the month of February last.— further stated, that the Shies had been caulked and repaired as well as circumstances permitted, 'whilst they lay off the coast, and that after staying a fortnight, the two Ships again put to sea, having first salted and taken on board a hundred bullocks, with which the King had ordered them to be sup plied. A description was given of the Officers of the . Ships, which answered exactly to the persons of Sir THOS. T3OU3RIDGE, Captains ELPHINSTONE, BIS SM., and PIGOT, of the Java. The first was said to be a tall and moderately stout man, remarkably up right, and having two gold 'epaulettes ; the next a thin man, also with two epaulettes ; the third a thin Officer ; and the fourth short and lusty the two latter having but one epaulette each. A short lady was also mentioned, answering to the appear ance of Mrs. GREY. There can be little doubt that these Ships were the Blenheim and Java ; and we are rather led to draw this inference, from the in formation that 3 Line-of-battle Ship in distress was distinaly seen, after the gale, by the inhabitants of Bourbon Island. Sir THOMAS'S Fl ig, as Admiral .of the White, was also decribed as flying; the Ships had all their masts standing. " A dawn of hope therefore even yet remains that these Vessels and their crews may. have survived. It is true, Sir THOMAS has not been beard of at the Cape, nor from South America ; but it is yet pro 7 bable that, although he was riot able to get to the Cape, he may have steered for New Holland, or run his Ships ashore on some intermediate' island ;' and l in this case (and such sccidenti; are upon record), a long time may elapse before any recoun't may reseff " That these Ships survived the gale there can be little doubt ; they might, indeed, have afterwards been lost in an attempt to reach the Cape or St. He lena ; and this apprehension derives some force from the circumstance of the cross-trees of a Dutch-built Frigate havingbeenpicked.J4i near the Cape, with the Dutch mark upon it. " Such is the information that has reached use and as the fate of so many brave men naturally ex cites the liveliest anxiety in every feeling mind, we consider it our duty to submit the above to our Readers, who will draw their own inferences from the faas stated." DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE MONEY. To the Sceptre for the capture of the Dominick, and of the French Brig Fanny and Charlotte, on the 16th and 17th inst. at the Montague Arms, Montague-street, Russel square, and afterWaids, at No. 70, Great Russell •street. Bloomsbury, for three months. To the Sloop Sheldrake, Head-money for the Salamander destroyed, on board the said Sloop at Plymouth, on the 14th inst. and for three months after, at No. az, Arundel-street. To the Officers, Sea:nen, and Soldiers, why were on board the Essex when Capt. Essington's Squadron captured seve ral Dutch Ships off the Island of St. Helena, on the at White Lion Court, between eleven and one, and ever} Thursday after. To the Stately, for the capture of the Saturnus and Prus• sian Galliot Charlotte Maria Elizabeth, captured by the Resolution in company with the Stately, and Spring recap tured, every Tuesday and Friday, at No. 23, Norfolk-street, Strand; for three months. After the defeat of the Austrians at Austerlitz BUONAPARTE; in one of his vapouring Bulletins, assured his servile Senate that if the battle had been adverse.to him, he should have made a public entry into Paris, in order to manifest to all Europe that the affection of his people could not be lessened by any failure he, might suffer. If he had done so, there can be little doubt, that unless the people had beep kept iu awe by his military hordes, they would br,e displayed sentiments very different from affec tion. But he has now an opportunity of bringing their love to the test, provided by the defeat which his armies have experienced in Spain. Let bin► enter Paris without a powerful military fore., in order to give fill' scope to the affeeiion of his peo ple, if he dares. The probability is that the rage of a people disgraced by the Government of so odious an adventurer, drained as their population has been" to fight the battles of his ambition, and elevate his worthless family, would break out into the moss furious excesses, and his life be immediately a poor sacrifice for all the crimes he has committed and all t he misery he has occasioned. The unfortunate captive King of Spain was the propr;etor of the glass manufaC-tory in Segovia, where all the articles which it produced were sold for the' advantage of the' Monarch. The expence, however, attending this manufactory was so great', that it wz4 attended with a considerable annual loss. it is to be regretted that this manufadOry did not furnish the Joyal Proprietor with glasses of a rgfleaing nature. The venerable Bishop of London has submitted the Manuscript of a -new work to his MAJESTY , preparatory to the publication of it. Every produc tion of so learned, amiable, and enlightened a cba7. racer, will be highly acceptable to the friends of vir tue -and religion. BIRTH.—Tilis morning, the Lady of Lord ViS' count ANON, at his house in Arlington-street, of twin Sons, one of which was still-born. A very extraordinary circumstance has occurred at Maryport,,Rear Whitehaven, within these few days: in consequence of several counterfeit notes of the Bank` of England having been detected there, four persons have been apprehended and committed to the county gaol, since the 6th just, three of then* resident in that town, and one in a neighbouring village. A fire broke out yesterday morning, about two _ _ o'clock, at the house of Mr. Delahoy, jun. stationer, paper-hanger, &c. situated in Limekiln-road, Dept- • ford, leading to Bla,-kheath. The house was con sumed, and the maid-seryant lost her life in the flames. GULLMIALL.—Henry Locke, a few days since cont . mined upon a charge of forging a 6001 Check in the name of the London Dock Company, was yesterday brought up for examination upon a distitt charge of forgery long previous. Mr. Bavistock, a publican, stated, that on the night of Saturday, the 21 st of November last, about seven in the afternoon, the Prisoner came to his house, in Prince's-street, Barbican, had a glass of liquor, and tendered him a note, which he said was a 501. Bank note,. for payment, requesting change. Witness could not change. The Prisoner said, he should go elsewhere in the neighbourhood and get change; and in about five minutes, he returned, saying, he had a smaller draft for tel. and asked change for that. The Witness's wife demurred to change a check for a stranger; but the Prisoner said it was for their neighbour, Mr. Richards. in Bridge- - water-square, whose men were waiting for pay' ment ; upon which the witness seeing the check in Mr. Richards's favour, and being desirous to oblige him, as a neighbour and a customer, he imm, stiately gave the change, a five pound note, and the in smaller notes and money. The Prisoner went a, ay immediately. The witness said his flee was quite familiar to him at the time, but he could not recol lea where he had seen him. The witness's wife, notwithstanding her husband's confidence, had still some doubts of the check, from the Prisoner's man ner and mode of address, and she went to Mr. Richards to ask if it was right, when Mr. Richards informed 'her he had no knowledge of it whatever. Mr. Bavistock himself then went to the Bankers' on whom the check was drawn,,but was there informed that no such person as Bliss, the name signed to ihe check, had ever kept cash there. Neither the wit ness nor his wife had any doubts of the Prison er's person. The former said he had seen his face frequently, but could opt at first tell where ; but lie afterwardt recollected, that having himself wrought 23 years at the watch manufaeture, it must have been in the course of his trade he saw the Prisoner, who, he understood; was a watch-finisher in elerkeewell , about two years Since. Ile had, when he passed the check, a wen on his cheek the size of a nut, but it bad since beep removed, and only a slight Vicar "C -pained. The Prisoner, by the, advice of hi 3 Solicion - , said nothing for the present in his defence, aed he was fully cenamitted to take his trial upon the charge.